Shloka 28
Saṃsāra-mārga-vistaraḥ
Vidura’s Expanded Account of the Path
Devanagari script
नानामोहसमायुक्ता बुद्धिजालेन संवृता:
Transliteration
nānā-moha-samāyuktā buddhijālena saṃvṛtāḥ
Translation
Họ bị vướng mắc trong muôn thứ mê lầm, và bị bao bọc—như bị vây hãm—bởi một tấm lưới của trí tuệ lạc hướng.
Word by Word
नानाvarious, manifold
नाना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना
FormAvyaya (indeclinable)
मोहसमायुक्ताendowed/associated with delusion
मोहसमायुक्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमोह-समायुक्त
FormFeminine, nominative, singular
बुद्धिजालेनby/with the net of intellect
बुद्धिजालेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि-जाल
FormNeuter, instrumental, singular
संवृताcovered, enveloped
संवृता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंवृत
FormFeminine, nominative, singular
Speaker
विदुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
ViduraCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Vidura highlights how people can be trapped not only by ignorance but also by a ‘net’ of clever reasoning—intellect used without dharmic clarity becomes a snare that multiplies delusion rather than removing it.
In the Stree Parva’s lamentation context after the war, Vidura speaks as a moral counselor, diagnosing the mental and ethical confusion that grips people in the wake of catastrophe—many are overwhelmed by delusion and rationalizations that obscure right understanding.